Crumbled Paneer curry with green peas

﻿C﻿rumbled paneer curry is a wonderful spicy dish that can be served as an accompaniment to any Indian dinner. The combination of paneer and Mutter (green peas) is very popular in North India.

Paneer is an important part of North Indian cooking. There are so many wonderful dishes are prepared combining with paneer. Crumbled Paneer curry is a great tasty tempting side dish and very easy to make.

2. Use a food chopper or blender to puree the onions and garlic. Mixture should be coarse.

3. On high heat add the oil in a nonstick frying pan or in a sauce pan, add onions and garlic and sauté them while periodically stirring. Onions will have a lot of water so for the first 8 to 10 minutes keep the heat high so that all the onion water evaporates quickly.

In a Pan add oil, onions & Garlic

Onions become light brown

4. While onion mixture cooks add tomato to the same food chopper or blender and puree.

5. Once the onion water has evaporated turn the heat down to medium and let the onions fry for 8 to 9 minutes, frequently stir the onions.

6. Once the onions become light brown add coriander powder, red chili powder, turmeric powder and mix with the onions and fry for few seconds.

Add Coriander powder, Red chili powder and Turmeric powder

Mix the spices with fried onions

7. Add tomato puree and yogurt. With the tomato puree and yogurt onion masala become watery turn the heat high for 2 to 3 minutes, so that water evaporates quickly. Keep stirring the onion masala, turn the heat down to medium.

Add Tomato puree & mix

Add Yogurt and mix

8. In about 5 to 6 minutes tomato puree and onion will blend together.

9. Once all the water has evaporated you will see the oil in the pan. That means the onion masala is done. 10. Add crumbled paneer, green peas, salt and 2 cups of water and mix with the masala, cover the pan and cook on medium heat, keep starring periodically.

Onion Masala is done

Add Crumbled Paneer

Add Green Peas

Mix Paneer & Peas with Masala

Cover the pan and cook

Paneer & Peas are cooked

11. In about 15 to 20 minutes green peas will become tender and gravy will become thick, add grated ginger and chopped green chilies and mix and cook for another 5 minutes, turn the stove off and garnish with coriander leaves.

12. Paneer curry should be thick in consistency.

Add Ginger & Green Chilies

Crumbled Paneer curry is ready

Crumbled paneer curry with green peas

﻿Tips:﻿

If you wish you can make crumbled paneer curry without the green peas or add any other vegetable.

Crumbled paneer curry
without green peas

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